Wire-support for posts.



W. T. HICKS. WIRE SUPPORT P011 Pos". s. APPLIOATAION FILED DEO. 7,

Patented Nov. 19, 1912.

' for Posts', .of which to be adjusted to any position desired on said `F ig. 2, a perspective view of a wire support fiOf i 4 conveniently attached.

citizen of the United States,

Pform of'wire support forfence posts, being designed especially. for-use -With concrete, metallic, or other posts of similar character -to which thesupportcan best be attached v parts, Figure 1 is a` side elevation of a me- Aserving to hold it connected to the plate.

WIan-surrnr For. POSTS.

l 'Application led December?, 1,911.- Serial No. 664,466.

. Specification f-Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19,1912.

To all whom. 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, W1LLAM T. HICKS, a residing at Bloomington, in` the2 county of Monroe and e State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire-Supportsthe lfollowing is a specication. f .j

My said inventmn consists in an improved by a tie, or band, and it consists, further, ofJ a-construction which enables such a support post, or changed from onev osition to another, all'as will'be hereina er morefully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof'and on which similar reference characters indicate similar tallic and conprete fence post having a num' ber of lmy improved wire supports thereon,

of my improved construction showing` a sec'- tion of wire therein, Fig. 3, a cross section through the same as attached to a post, and- Figf 4', a detail view of a portion of said sup- Ort. 4 P The support proper comprises a plate 10, a tie 11, and a securing pi'n 12. Theplate 10-is preferably of galvanized iron, or steel, and is stamped of the form shown with a corrugation c midway its length extending across said; plate and in line with the post. It has U-shapedA slits cut near each end extending parallel with the ends of the plate rom near one side to near the other side thereof and back into the plate parallel with its edges for a. distance, forming exible tongues b which may be bent out to. provide openings through which the ends of the tie 11 may be inserted and then bent back with their ends impingring against the tie and Said tie 11v consists preferably ofalatpiece or ribbon, ofsteel, for4 galvanized iron, of suiiicient length to attach to the ends of the late 410 'and surround the post. It being iiormed wide and flat it vwill lie snugly. against the post and aid in preventing the plate from twisting .and moving thereon, and being of a single piece is quickly and `desired the support shal ',gation, an opening bein end of said plateby cuttlng slits thereinto4 form said lIn use-thefence-wires 15 are each placed in a transverse notch a in the corrugation c of the plate vand by means of a punch, or similar tool, the ortion of the wire registering with saidp corrugation is crimped back, as shown, and the securing pin 12 in-v sertedin said corrugation Apassing in front of the wire and throu h therein. The fence wir is'thus securely supported longitudinally in'said plate, as will be readily understood.v

The plate 10 is attached to the post by inserting the-tie 11 inthe end slits of said plate and'then adjusting the support vertically, as .desired, and'then drawin the tie tightly at the point on the ost whlch it is lp occupy. tongues 14 are bent down tightly Aagainst the tie Iand its ends doubled back as shown in Fig. l. The tie, or band, may be otherwise the said crimpA The adjusted, or when the exact size desired has been determined it'may be fixed in the plate at both ends and then "slid down over the top of the post. T he post. shown has a flat side against which said plates are designed to rest, thus holding said supportsfrom slidlng In places where the 'strain is 1n a, direction 'to-cause the support to slide upward on the post a small quantity of cement, as indicated at ai in .Fig."1, vmay-be deposited above the to edge'of plate 10, which will 'hold the guard against any upwardl movement.

around the post under the strain from .Y l 'the' fence wires.

evice securely and By thls means the support is rendered adjlustable vertically .on the-post to any position desired and each fence wire is secured.

so that each post will carry its proportion of the weight and strain thereof, and a support otherwiseconvenient of use and inexpensive in Iconstruction provided.

Having thus fully described my said in* vention, what I claim as newy secure by Letters Patent, is: v

1. A wire s upporty for posts comprising a plate formed with a corrugation extendlng and desire to having a notchextending across said cornuformed near the across the plate i-n line wlth the post' and los -v form atongue which is bent outward to opening, a tie engaging with saidl A i through said corrugation and in front ot the wire 1n line with said crimp, substantiallyv -said notch and formed with a crimp at the 15 point ,of engagement, and a pin adapted to e inserted through said corrugation and in' front c f the crimp in said Wire, substantially set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set 20 my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana this 29th day of November, A. D. nineteen e hundred and eleven.

K WILLIAM TIHIcKs. [1.. e]v Witnesses: E. W. BRADFQRD,

L. M. PATrEBsoN. 

